About

The Ferguson Hill Clear Speaker System

We want to develop a unique clear speaker system that has full digital and wireless connectivity that looks great and sounds fantastic.

As modern flat screen TVs get thinner the sound quality of the internal speakers has become worse and worse. However the option of placing conventional box speakers either side of your TV can look pretty ugly.

Our speaker system will give great sound for your TV and give you the full home theatre experience. Just as important, this system will be your main HiFi and will sound great with all genres of music.

We have already designed some great sounding and looking clear speakers, and we now need to take this one stage further and include the full digital and wireless connectivity to make a great sounding and fully functional speaker system.

The pictures of the systems above show actual photographs of the horn and bass speakers. Being clear they are rather difficult to photograph so we shoot them on a light grey background then drop the images onto a white background, which best defines the shape. The central amplifier is however a simple line drawing with shading and more detail of the amp is shown in the videos of the CAD drawings further down the page.

All three systems come with the fully specified integrated amplifier so that at any time the Primary system can be upgraded by adding an extra bass sphere to the Deluxe system, or by adding 2 extra horn speakers that come with stands and wall mounts, for the full Deluxe surround sound system.

All systems come with wall mounts and stands for the horn speakers so you can choose your preferred setup.

Shipping is included for all of Europe, USA, Canada, and China. For any other countries please email us / info@fergusonhill.co.uk for a quote.

Previous products

Ferguson Hill have already brought several speaker systems to market, winning awards, plaudits and fans around the world. With your help we'll deliver an even better system to market and to you!

Here's some press quotes and a video montage of photos of some previous products.

FH007 press quotes.

FH009 press quotes.

Here's a great video of the FH001 high end speaker system, filmed by our USA distributor Acoustic Art.

Current stage of development

The current stage of development of the speaker system is detailed in the video below and the Gannt chart further down the page. The horn speakers are already fully developed, tested and finalised. The bass speakers are very nearly there with the one piece blow moulding of the sphere already sorted and with just some final changes being made to the drive unit components as we optimise the sound quality. The integrated amplifier is about half way through the development with the basic design, choice of AV processing chips and specifications complete. The circuit block diagrams are also complete and we are now working on the detailed circuit diagram. We will then go through a process of testing the amplifier prototype and refining of the hardware and software before finalising the design. During this process there will be further tooling required for some of the amplifier case components. There will also be choices to be made in terms of the individual electronic components used based on measurement and listening tests.

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Customer Service.

Here at Ferguson Hill we very much pride ourselves on the great customer service we give to all our customers Worldwide. Over the last 9 years we have sold over 6,500 speaker systems, from the high end FH001 system to the very popular FH007 desktop system. We have received many, many emails from happy customers commenting especially on the excellent customer service provided no matter what the age of the system or where they are in the World !

We would like to invite existing customers to comment about the service they receive on our facebook page:

Design, development, production and delivery schedule.

Risks and challenges

Engineering.
One of the main challenges is to implement the latest in AV Digital chip technology to provide a full range of digital inputs, Bluetooth connection, and really high quality digital to analogue conversion to provide a high definition sound from the system.
We are currently evaluating the best AV processing chips available and working with the leading AV chip manufacturers, Worldwide and the factory in China, to implement this latest technology.
We have worked with our partner factory, Meiloon Industrial Ltd in China for 6 years now and have built up a great working relationship in all aspects of business from design, development, production and delivery to also really pushing the boundaries in terms of what we can do together.

A second challenge is to design and produce the tooling to manufacture the clear acrylic horn and bass speaker by injection and blow moulding techniques using Polycarbonate which is extremely tough and UV stabilised. We have already produced the horn speaker tooling and the bass sphere tooling, and developed and tested fully working examples. We are now at the stage of optimizing the bass drive unit for the best bass sound response.
The full system will then need to undergo a whole series of testing, developing and fully optimizing of both the hardware and software and finally certifying so that it can be put into production and brought to market.

Supply chain and logistics.
We have already developed and brought to market a number of loudspeaker systems that have won recognition and awards for the sound quality.
We also have already set up distribution channels in Europe, USA, Canada, and China, so we have the facility to deliver to the Kickstarter backers.

The Team.

Timothy Hill,
BSc Aeronautical Engineering, has worked for British Aerospace, Edgley Aircraft, and Page Engineering. Timothy is a musician, acoustic guitar Luthier, and founder of Ferguson Hill and is the main designer of our award winning speaker systems.

Dr Bradford C. Backus,
Sr Research Fellow, University of London UCL.
PH.D in Biosciences and Technology, Harvard and MIT division of health sciences and Technology, member of the Institute of Acoustics. Bradford has worked with Bose and Arcam and now works with Ferguson Hill as head of acoustics and electrical design.

David Wright,
An expert in valve and transistor amplifiers, and all round expert in all things electronics, acoustics, material physics, and HiFi. David worked at the National Physical Laboratory for many years on applied Physics research and has also been an electronics lecturer.

Vincent Cheng.
Masters Degree in Economics, and Diploma in Computer Science, Senior sales engineer at Meiloon Industrial Ltd. Vincent is the head of production coordination and has worked with Ferguson Hill on many products for 7 years now.

Piers Miller,
Head of communications and marketing here at Ferguson Hill. Piers has been a musician, promoter and manager on the music scene in Camden Town and now heads up the marketing and social media at Ferguson Hill Studios.

Steve Somerset.
Formerly of Godley and Creme's Medialab, Steve is an artistic polymath. he has combined his creative output as an artist, photographer and music maker with a successful career as a freelance video maker.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £100 or more
About $132

Receive regular email updates plus a Ferguson Hill polo shirt, and be invited to come and meet the team for a demo of all our speaker systems here in Camden Town, London. We will also take you out for a drink and a dinner here in Camden Town!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £650 or more
About $859

You will receive The Primary Ferguson Hill clear speaker system for early bird backers. This system will sound great straight out of the box. It contains 2 horn speakers, 2 wall mounts, 2 stands, 1 bass speaker, and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is included for all of Europe, the USA and China.
Retail price £ 895.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £695 or more
About $918

You will receive The Primary Ferguson Hill clear speaker system . This system will sound great straight out of the box. It contains 2 horn speakers, 2 wall mounts, 2 stands, 1 bass speaker, and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is included for all of Europe, the USA and China.
Retail price £895.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £795 or more
About $1,051

You will receive The Deluxe Ferguson Hill speaker system for early bird backers. This system will sound great straight out of the box. It contains
2 horn speakers, 2 wall mounts, 2 stands, 2 bass speakers, and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is included for all of Europe, USA and China.
Retail price £ 1,125.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £850 or more
About $1,123

You will receive The Deluxe Ferguson Hill speaker system. This system will sound great straight out of the box. It contains 2 horn speakers, 2 wall mounts, 2 stands, 2 bass speakers, and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is included for all of Europe, USA and China.
Retail price £ 1,125.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £995 or more
About $1,315

You will receive The Deluxe surround sound Ferguson Hill speaker system, for early bird backers. This system will sound great straight out of the box and is fully configured for surround sound. It contains 4 horn speakers, 4 wall mounts, 4 stands for the front and rear speakers, 2 bass speakers,and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is free for all of Europe, USA and China.
Retail price £1,395.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £1,075 or more
About $1,421

You will receive The Deluxe surround sound Ferguson Hill speaker system. This system will sound great straight out of the box and is fully configured for surround sound. It contains 4 horn speakers, 4 wall mounts, 4 stands for the front and rear speakers, 2 bass speakers and the fully specified integrated amplifier. Shipping is free for all of Europe, USA and China.
Retail price £ 1,395.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge £5,000 or more
About $6,607

A huge thank you from the Ferguson Hill team!
You will receive a special limited edition version of the Deluxe surround sound Ferguson Hill speaker system and be invited to come and meet the team here in Camden Town, London. We will personally sign your system, and take you out for dinner and drinks in Camden Town!